#2876 Range SafetyThe Range Mischief Officer has modified the trajectory to add a single random spin somewhere in the flight, but won't tell us where.
#2877 FeverHypothermia of below 98.6 K should be treated by leaving the giant molecular cloud and moving to the vicinity of a star.
#2878 SupernovaThey're a little cagey about exactly where the crossover point lies relative to the likelihood of devastating effects on the planet.
#2879 Like This OneA lot of sentences undergo startling shifts in mood if you add 'like this one' to the end, but high on the list is 'I'm a neurologist studying dreams.'
#2880 Sheet BendA left-handed sheet bend creates a much weaker connection, especially under moderate loads.
#2881 Bug ThreadAfter some account issues, we've added 6 new people from the beach house rental website support forum.
#2882 Net RotationsFor decades I've been working off the accumulated rotation from one long afternoon on a merry-go-round when I was eight.
#2883 Astronaut GuestsThey didn't bring us a gift, but considering the kinetic energy of a bottle of wine at orbital speed, that's probably for the best.
#2884 Log AlignmentA video can have a log scale that's misaligned with both the time AND space axes.
#2885 SpellingAny time I misspell a word it's just because I have too much integrity to copy answers from the dictionary.
#2886 Fast Radio BurstsDr. Petroff has also shown that the Higgs boson signal was actually sparks from someone microwaving grapes, the EHT black hole photo was a frozen bagel someone left in too long, and the LIGO detection was just someone slamming the microwave door too hard.
#2887 MinnesotaIn addition to 'squishy', after reviewing my submitted intraplate ground motion data, the National Geodetic Survey has politely asked me to stop using the word 'supple' so often when describing Midwestern states.
#2888 US Survey FootSubway refuses to answer my questions about whether it's an International Footlong or a US Survey Footlong. A milligram of sandwich is at stake!
#2889 Greenhouse EffectOnce he had the answer, Arrhenius complained to his friends that he'd "wasted over a full year" doing tedious calculations by hand about "so trifling a matter" as hypothetical CO2 concentrations in far-off eras (quoted in Crawford, 1997).
#2890 Relationship AdviceGood to be a little wary of advice that sounds too much like a self pep talk.
#2891 Log CabinI'm sure the building inspectors will approve my design once they finally manage to escape.
#2892 Banana PricesIt's a linear extrapolation, Michael. How big could the error be? 10%?
#2893 Sphere TastinessBaseballs do present a challenge to this theory, but I'm convinced we just haven't found the right seasoning.
#2894 Research AccountFocus of your research: EXTREME PETTINESS AND UNWILLINGNESS TO LET ANYTHING GO
#2895 Treasure Chests[earlier] "Your vintage-style handmade chest business is struggling. But I have a plan."
#2896 Crossword ConstructorsAlso, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an 'eHit'.
#2897 Light Leap YearsWhen Pope Gregory XIII briefly shortened the light-year in 1582, it led to navigational chaos and the loss of several Papal starships.
#2898 Orbital Argument"Some people say light is waves, and some say it's particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that's both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?" "YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE!"
#2899 Goodhart's Law[later] I'm pleased to report we're now identifying and replacing hundreds of outdated metrics per hour.
#2900 Call My Cell'Hey, can you call my cell?' '...I'm trying, but it says this number is blocked?' 'Ok, thanks, just checking.'
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